Being an Informal Caregiver in Bone Marrow Transplant Unit: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is used in malignant diseases requiring intensive chemotherapy (sometimes concomitant radiotherapy) and non-malignant diseases such as hemoglobinopa-thy. 1 In HSCT, patients face several problems due to the complex treatments implemented at high intensity and the nature of their disease. During HSCT treatment, fever, pain, mucositis and nausea-vomit-